Keep politics out of sports

Politics should always be kept outside the ambit of sports. During the abandoned T20I clash between India and Sri Lanka in Guwahati, a few over enthusiastic journalists did put up a volley of questions to Indian team captain Virat Kohli regarding the anti CAA agitations in the state. As a matured and composed human being, Virat Kohli handled the questions very tactfully. Virat Kohli and his men were in Guwahati to play cricket and in the way best thing journalists can queried him was about the cricket in general in India and Assam in particular. His invaluable suggestions in improving the standard and infrastructure of cricket in Assam would have more helpful to the budding cricketers as well as the ACA officials in preparing for the next tie in more professional manner.

Sports should be in politics but politics cannot be part of sports. It is utmost appeal to keep our sportspersons out political sphere.

Dr. Ashim Chowdhury,

Ambari, Guwahati-1.